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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`LIQUIDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IP2020-00769
`U.S. Patent No. 9,593,066
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF
`POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Petitioner, Liquidia Technologies, Inc., hereby requests refund of its post-
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`institution fees in the amount of $15,000 deposited in the above proceeding on
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`March 30, 2020, for the foregoing reasons:
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`1.
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`Petitioner filed its Petition for Inter Partes Review on March 30,
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`2020. At that time, Petitioner deposited with the PTAB the inter partes request
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`and inter partes post-institution fees in the total amount of $30,500. The fees were
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`charged to Cooley LLP’s deposit account number 50-1283.
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`2.
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`On October 13, 2020, the PTAB denied institution of Petitioner’s
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review.
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`No further action has been taken by Petitioner in this proceeding.
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`For the foregoing reasons, Petitioner requests reimbursement of the
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`post-institution fees of $15,000.
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`DATED: August 18, 2021
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`By / Ivor R. Elrifi /
`Ivor R. Elrifi
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`COOLEY LLP
`ATTN: Patent Docketing
`1299 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 700
`Washington D.C. 20004
`T: 202-842-7800
`F: 202-842-7887
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. Section 42.6, that a complete copy of
`the attached PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-
`INSTITUTION FEES and related documents, are being served via electronic mail
`the 18th day of August 2021, upon Patent Owner’s counsel as follows:
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`Stephen B. Maebius
`George Quillin
`Daniel R. Shelton
`Foley & Lardner LLP
`smaebius@foley.com
`UTC-066@foley.com
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`/ Ivor R. Elrifi /
`Ivor R. Elrifi
`Reg. No. 39,529
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`Shawn R. Snader
`United Therapeutics Corp.
`ssnader@unither.com
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`Douglas Carsten
`Dcarsten@wsgr.com
`Richard Torczon
`rtorczon@wsgr.com
`Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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`DATED: August 18, 2021
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